Tag: NSW Government

NSW govt scraps its female founder VC fund

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A $10 million venture capital fund for female led startups in New South Wales has been axed by the Minns government. The fund never got off the ground but...

NSW plots new trials for stalled digital ID

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Further pilots of New South Wales’ decentralised digital identity system are “imminent”, with the state’s government service delivery agency expected to undertake at least one trial before the end...

NSW govt set to restore first innovation grants

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Six months after turning off the tap to the startup community, the New South Wales government is set to restore the innovation grants program known as MVP Ventures, but...

NSW govt tweaks procurement rules ahead of bigger changes

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The New South Wales government has raised the threshold for agencies to procure directly from smaller businesses as it seeks more fundamental changes to the current devolved procurement model...

NSW reveals epic cost of new digital health record

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The New South Wales government will spend more than $1 billion over the next decade on a new digital health record that promises to deliver patient visibility for clinicians...

Sarah Jones takes out inaugural Innovation Leadership Award

Posted on   |  by Stuart Mason
The InnovationAus 2023 Innovation Leadership Award has been given to Sydney School of Entrepreneurship chief executive Dr Sarah Jones for her guiding of the iconic institution through a major...

Smart irrigator SIMPaCT wins People’s Choice Award

Posted on   |  by Stuart Mason
The prestigious People’s Choice award at the InnovationAus 2023 Awards for Excellence has been won by SIMPaCT for its innovative techniques to cool the microclimate. The InnovationAus 2023 Awards...

SIMPaCT wins GovTech Award for urban cooling

Posted on   |  by Stuart Mason
Sydney-based collaborative entity SIMPaCT has won the InnovationAus 2023 Award for Excellence in the GovTech category for its urban cooling innovations. The InnovationAus 2023 Awards for Excellence were presented...

Popular NSW grant program gets reviewed a second time

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A second review of the popular MVP Ventures program is underway just weeks after the grant was saved from the scrap heap by the New South Wales government, leaving...